Finding our sea legs

The first few days of a cruise are often a mixed bag: You are excited to be on your way, looking forward to future discoveries. But you have long passages to start with and you have not got your sea legs yet.  And Bass Strait is known for its short, confused, choppy seas. So guess…

Spring sail on Take It Easy

D-Day for Take It Easy

It is D-Day for our Summer 2016-17 Cruise!  D for Departure, Decompress, Discovery, Delight, Dawdle.  Hopefully not D for Danger, Disappointment, Dullness, Dread, Drips or Damage!

Chryasora wurlerra jellyfish

Fire Water

Watch out! Another series of jellyfish images coming up! Four months ago, we found ourselves floating face down in the cool waters of Wilsons Promontory, gazing through our goggles at something totally magical: the Chrysaora wurlerra, a reddish jellyfish. A few were drifting around our boat, and we were fascinated by their beautiful shape, graceful flow and…